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Specificationof letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1918. Serial No. 250,129.

To all whom it may concern: I

'Be it known that I, HENRY Moxns, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at London Street, Eltham, in the Provincial District of Taranaki,

tain new and useful Improvements in Hats Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to means for securing a hat upon a Womans head, and provides a fastener whereby a hat can be securely retained on the head without making unsightly holes in the sides of the hat as occurs when the usual pin is employed.

The invention comprises parallel pins passing through bosses or sockets fixed to 1 opposite sides of a hat. Each pin has a fixed pin is slidable, the socket pro The ends of provided with ets are fixed at the inner ends of the pins or near the ornamental knob.

The invention may be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice as shown in the accompanying drawing, where- 1n:-

Figure 1, is a side elevation,

Fig. 2, a plan of the fastener with the sockets fixed at the inner end of the pins,

Fig. 3, is a side elevation of the fastener in position for securing a hat,

Fig. 4, is a plan of the fastener with the sockets fixed near the ornamental knob,

Fig. 5, is a perspective view of thefastener provided with friction springs, and

Fig. 6, is a sectional fitted with a friction spring. a

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the pins 1 and 2 to each other and with their points reversed in direction. Duplex sleeve-like sockets 3 and 4.- are fixed to the pins 1 and2 respec in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented cerelevation of a socket are arranged parallel tively. The pin 1 is slidable in the socket 4, and the pin 2 is slidable in the socket 3. Prongs 5 are fixed to the socket 3, and

prongs 6 are fixed to the socket 4:- The said prongs are formed of flexible wire and are crinkled to increase their hold when inserted in the hair of the wearer. In addition, these prongs are bent downwardly and inwardly and are positioned upon opposite lslides of the sockets so as to readily enter the Wearing members such as plates, bosses or sockets 7 and 8 are fixed to the sides 9 of the hat, and either on the inner side thereof as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or on the outer side of the same as shown in Fig. 4. Ifthe wearing member is fixed on the outer side of the hat, the same may be made with an ornamental design or covered with any suitable material.

The pins 1 and 2 are provided with ornamantal knobs 10 and 11 respectively outside the hat.

In use, the hat is placed on the head of the wearer with the sockets and prongs in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The knobs 10 and 11 are then pulled outwardly to draw the prongs into the hair of the wearer as shown in Fig. 3, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2. During this operation the socket 3 slides on the pin2, and the socket 4 slides on the pin 1, each pin forming a guide for the socket fixed to the other pin.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 4 where the sockets are shown fixed near to the knobs, the said knobs are pushed inward to push the prongs into the hair.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 5 and 6 the socketsare made with slots 12, and springs 13 fixed by rivets 14 to the sockets press upon the pins 1 and 2. The friction of the springs assists the friction of the sockets in keeping the prongs in engagement with the hair.

What I desire to obtain and secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is Patented July 1, 1919. i

A hat fastener comprising parallel pins arranged through opposite sides of a hat, a duplex sleeve-like socket fixed toeach 1n and through which the other pin isslidal ile, the portions of the sockets through which the pins are slidable being provided with In testimony whereof I have signed my slots, leaf springs fixed to the sockets near name to this specification in the presence of 10 one end of the slots therein and arranged two Witnesses.

in the slots for frictional en agement with the adjacent pins, and cri nkled flexible HENRY MOYES' prongs carried by the pins and bent down- Witnesses:

wardly and inwardly and arranged on op- KENT E. BUL,

posite sides of the sockets. T. M. ELLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

